Design of questionnaire
The questionnaire was divided into three parts. The
first part was designed to collect demographic
information including gender, age and teaching
experience. The second part was used to find out
whether subjects had neck pain before becominga secondary school teacher. The severity of neck
pain was assessed using the Northwick Park Neck
Pain Questionnaire.10 Physical risk factors and the
duration of different working postures were also
included in this part of the questionnaire. The final
part assessed psychosocial risk factors. Five psychosocial
risk factors and one inconclusive factor
(job stress), as stated by Ariens et al.8 were
included. Anxiety, family support and life satisfaction
were also included in the questionnaire